In the October of 1552, as the widow of Sir Anthony Browne, Elizabeth remarried. Her husband was Edward Clinton, Lord Clinton, from Scrivelsby in Lincolnshire, who had succeeded Thomas Seymour as Lord Admiral.
In this painting dated to 1560, Elizabeth was Lady Clinton. It now resides at the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin.
Fair Geraldine, as he is commonly known, was famous for her beauty, this name is said to have derived from a poem by Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, who it has been said was hoping to improve her chances of a good marriage by praising her heritage and her beauty.
In his poem Lay of the Last Minstrel Walter Scott, writes of Geraldine:
In his poem Lay of the Last Minstrel Walter Scott, writes of Geraldine:
"Fair all the pageant but how passing fair
The slender form, that lay on couch of Ind!
O'er her white bosom strayed her hazel hair,
Pale her dear cheek, as if for love she pined;
All in her night-robe loose, she lay reclined,
And, pensive, read from tablet eburnine
Some strain that seemed her inmost soul to find: --
That favoured strain was Surrey's raptured line,
That fair and lovely form, the Lady Geraldine."
The slender form, that lay on couch of Ind!
O'er her white bosom strayed her hazel hair,
Pale her dear cheek, as if for love she pined;
All in her night-robe loose, she lay reclined,
And, pensive, read from tablet eburnine
Some strain that seemed her inmost soul to find: --
That favoured strain was Surrey's raptured line,
That fair and lovely form, the Lady Geraldine."
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